Once again, the LDS Church has changed the Book of Mormon to address issues that Christians are exposing to the public. This change to the introduction page of the Book of Mormon addresses the issue of the DNA results of Simon Southerton (''DNA vs. Book of Mormon'' film) that American Indian ancestry is Asian/Siberian, not Hebrew as proclaimed by Joseph Smith and current Mormonism.

As a former Mormon of 43 years, I challenge Mormon missionaries, and LDS Church officials, to cease from professing to Peruvian, Tongan, Hawaiian, Mexican, Latin American and all other American Indian, Central and South American people that the Book of Mormon is about their people/ancestors to convert them to Mormonism. Until these LDS scholars identify the line "among" American Indians that are ancestors to the Lamanites, such declaration to these people is deceptive and dishonest.

Why make this statement change if Southerton was wrong in his DNA findings? I find this an admission of error by LDS leaders and Joseph Smith.

I challenge LDS scholars to identify where this ancestral line of Lamanites lived anywhere on a map. Finally, put to rest to all of us where the lands of the Book of Mormon are located! We await with anticipation, ready to challenge the results, with our evidence that the Book of Mormon is myth.

Marilyn Scroggins

Royal City, Wash.